Can't wait to see you!

Our friends Andy and Jean (who are both Australian but live in Denver) were here visiting in September, and we had the best time! We can't wait to see you guys again in 3 weeks! Although Jean was very busy seeing her family, they were able to come and stay with us for a few days. So, of course we went to the beach...

Most of you are probably wondering what the orange tent is doing in the back? Well, the sun is so harsh here, that poor little Jean's skin would be burnt to a crisp after about 10 minutes in the sun, and 50+ SPF sunblock doesn't even help! Plus, being a responsible employee of The Cancer Council, it's best to have some sun cover. Anyway, one favorite Australian tradition is to have deep fried fish 'n' chips on the beach, so that's what we did (I, of course substituted a veggie burger for the fish, but was pretty excited that they even offered a veggie burger at the fish 'n' chips shop!). Then we headed home for some margaritas...

Yes, we are huge dorks :) Man, I miss my friends!!! Only 3 more weeks until I get to see everyone! And maybe Andy will be able to actually stay awake and have some fun this time...

Twins

The same weekend we went to Dreamworld, Brett and Kelly came over for a BBQ with the kids. The twins are getting so big, and are so frickin cute, I wanted to put up some more pictures...

Macey is always smiling!

Lilly, not so much :)

You can just tell they're going to get in to so much trouble once they're crawling and walking :)

I really like this piture too...

Macey's telling Colin a secret :)

Dreamworld

Well, we finally took Riley and Reese (our nephew and niece) to Dreamworld, which was actually a Christmas present we gave them last year! Dreamworld is a theme park similar to Six Flags in the US. We had perfect weather the whole day and had a really good time. Here are some photos from the day.

Much to Colin's disappointment, the kids aren't quite big enough to go on the "fun" rides, but we did get to go on a few :)

The kids went on the swings 5 times! By the end of the day, we all had only enough energy to ride the train around the park and stop for ice cream :)

But, of course they still had the energy to drag Colin into the pool when we got home that night...

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my mom's birthday, and I just want to say again, Happy Birthday Mom! I wish I was there to celebrate with you! Days like today are the hardest to be so far away. But, I'll be there in less than 7 weeks to celebrate - I can't wait!!! I don't have any recent pictures of me and my mom since they are all on Colin's computer and he's not here, so I thought I'd put up 2 of my favorite pics of me and my mom from my wedding.

Happy Birthday Mom! I miss and love you tons!